82 444 Kirsanov S 
- Covers sl. dustsoiled; backstrip rubbed. = Rowell/ Wye 763.
82 445 Klucis G Kruchonykh A 
- Lower hinge w. some rust stains and rubbed spots. Otherwise a fine and clean copy.
= Rowell/ Wye 741; Gaßner/ Nachtigäller 152; Leclanche-Boulé 178. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE IV.
82/446 Kniga i oborona SSSR The book and the defence of the USSR No 5 
- Wrappers partly waterst. and discoloured; frontwr. w. a few closed tears and sl. dam. at upper edge.
= Bimonthly periodical devoted to the publications of the State Military Publishing House.
82/447 Kollektivist No 11/12 
- Fingersoiled and sl. worn; bookblock sl. warped and loose(ning).
= Periodical for kolkhoz workers. Partly with modern typography and text (and illustrations) printed in various contrasting colours, i.a. green and orange, yellow and blue, purple and orange.
AND 8 others, mostly periodicals, i.a. REVOLYUTSIA I KUL'TURA, no.16 and 17 (Moscow, 1928, 2 vols., orig. unif. wr. by S. CHEKHONIN, sm. 4to) and REVOLYUTSA I NATIONAL'NOSTI, Year 4, no.5 (ibid., 1934, ills., orig. wr., sm. 4to).
82 448 Kol'tsov M 
- Spine worn and splitting. = Novella on the Dneprostroi hydroelectric dam.
AND 6 others, mostly small publications, i.a. NARANOVITCH-BETONNYJ, Elektrogigant na Dnepre (Moscow, 1930, orig. wr., 12mo); A. BOGDANOV a.o. (ed.), Zemlya Sovetskaya. Udarnyj Literaturno-Khudozhestvennyj Sbornik (ibid., 1930, orig. wr.) and D. KRESTYANSKY, Burzhuaznyj i nash vozdushnyj flot (ibid., 1925, orig. wr.).
82 449 Kruchonykh A 
- Backstrip sl. dam. at foot.
= The third issue of MAF (Moscow Association of Futurists). Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Book Art 1904-2005, p.57; Rowell/ Wye 490; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.52/ 54.
82 450 Kruchonykh A 
82 450 Kruchonykh A 
- Trifle yellowed; spine sl. worn.
= Rowell/ Wye 645 and ill. p.204; Gaßner/ Nachtigäller V, 55. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE V.
82/451 Kukryniksy Otchetnaya vystavka za 6 let Kukryniksy Retrospective exhibition over 6 years 
82/451 Kukryniksy Otchetnaya vystavka za 6 let Kukryniksy Retrospective exhibition over 6 years 
- A few ills. lightly handcol. in pencil. Backstrip worn; wrappers sl. soiled and waterst.
= Artists' collective Kukryniksy was formed by Mikhail Kuprianov (1903-1991), Porfiry Krylov (1902-1990) and Nikolai Sokolov (1903-2000). Contains interesting typography.
82 452 Kusikov A 
82 452 Kusikov A 
- Occas. sl. stained and fingersoiled. Wrappers rather heavily creased and worn.
= Rowell/ Wye 329. Very rare publication by the group of Imaginist poets, which included i.a. Sergei Yesenin, Anatoli Mariengof and Aleksandr Kusikov himself. The proceeds were intended as relief for the victims of the Podvolzhye famine. With remarkable illustrations in a somewhat cubist style.
82 453 Ladogin V 
- Lacks p.27/28; lower corner first lvs. creased/ dogeared. Wrappers sl. worn and fingersoiled.
= Illustrated history of the Tbilisi Workers' Theatre, established by Vladimir Schweitzer ("Pessimist") in 1926. Very rare.
82 454 Lebedev V Marshak S 
82 454 Lebedev V Marshak S 
82 454 Lebedev V Marshak S 
- Sl. creased and fingersoiled. Frontwr. w. some rubbed/ dam. spots along spine and sm. stamp and numb. in pen.
= Petrov, Vladimir Lebedev p.104; Lévèque/ Plantureux p.161. Children's book by the prolific duo Marshak and Lebedev on woodworking. "The text and the illustration grow into an inseparable unity. The theme of the book becomes a poetry of labour, bringing the worker's tools to life." (Petrov).
82 455 Lebedev V Marshak S 
82 455 Lebedev V Marshak S 
82 455 Lebedev V Marshak S 
- Scribbling in col. pencil on backwr.; frontwr. sl. stained. Spine splitting at foot.
= Petrov, Vladimir Lebedev p.97ff; Lévèque/ Plantureux p.162; Witkovsky/ Fore 167; Lemmens/ Stommels p.348f. "(...) the illustrations for Vchera i segodnia are a step forward. In that book Lebedev found a way to combine the sketchy (line) drawings with stencil-like designs. The first he uses to depict the old, yesterday, the latter stand for the new, today." (Lemmens/ Stommels). "It is hardly an exaggeration to state that this book is not only the artist's best graphic work, but also one of the pinnacles of 20th century book art." (Petrov). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE V.
82 456 Lebedev V Punin N 
82 456 Lebedev V Punin N 
82 456 Lebedev V Punin N 
82 456 Lebedev V Punin N 
- Backstrip and part of (blank margins) of frontwr. renewed.
= Scarce first (Russian) edition. Also published in English and French in 1923 (without the text by Punin). All published. Rowell/ Wye 474 and p.160/ 161. Lemmens/ Stommels, Russian Artists and the Children's Book p.98. Overview of Vladimir Lebedev's poster designs for the Russian Telegraph Agency ROSTA, in his bright and distinctive style characteristic for his illustrations in S. Marshak's children's books. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE V.
82 457 Lebedev V Punin N 
82 457 Lebedev V Punin N 
- A few plates reattached/ loosening; final 2 text lvs. bound in between plates.
82 458 Léger F Ehrenburg I 
- Frontwr. sl. dogeared; sm. stamps on backwr.
= Rowell/ Wye 401; Global Avantgarde Russia 10; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p.52: "The year 1922 saw increasing exchange of information about avant-garde art between the Soviet Union and Western Europe. Publications printed in Berlin brought up-to-date news to artists in a language they could understand. Thus the writer Ilia Ehrenburg's book - with a striking cover by Fernand Léger composed from stencilled letters and machine-like forms - included information about the pricipal European avant-garde journals (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE VI.
82 459 Lissitzky El Sel'vinsky I 
82 459 Lissitzky El Sel'vinsky I 
- Some foxing; the fold. leaf partly torn on folds. Wrappers sl. stained/ soiled and worn along edges.
= With the often lacking fold. supplemental leaf. Lissitzky-Küppers 121 and p.93; El Lissitzky, Retrospektive 217; Compton, Russian avant-garde books p.93; Rowell/ Wye 750 and p.215; Leclanche-Boulé 128. For the frontcover Lissitzky used his photographic double-portrait of Hans Arp.
AND 1 other: I. EHRENBURG, Rasskazy (Moscow, 1926, orig. wr. after EL LISSITZKY, 12mo).
82 460 Lissitzky El Shklovsky V 
- Backstrip restored; wr. sl. frayed. = Lissitzky-Küppers p.25.
82 461 Loginov Lesnyak P 
- Wrappers sl. frayed; sm. stamps on backwr. Internally fine.
Petrovsky, D. Chervonnoe Kazachestvo (Red Cossacks). Ibid., idem, 1928, 62,(1)p., orig. boards by L. BORONOV.
- Covers sl. soiled and worn along extremities.
82 462 Lovtsov N 
- Unopened copy. Joints sl. worn. Otherwise fine.
Gavrikov, V. Podpol'nye zhiteli (Underground dwellers). Ibid., Federatsija, 1930, 142,(2)p., orig. wr. by I. VELIKANOVA.
- Backstrip sl. dam. at spine-ends; traces of paper ticket on frontwr. = Both rare publications.
AND 3 others, i.a. K. POZDNYAEV, Kak prishlos' idti (Gorky, 1932, 1 plate, orig. wr. by A. SURIKOV, 12mo).
82/463 Makovets Zhurnal iskusstv Makovets Art Journal No 2 
- Lacks pp.15-22, 25-28 and 31-32; contents loose; flattened horizontal fold throughout. Spine split; wrappers loose. Sold w.a.f.
= Literary-artistic group Makovets was named after the hill in Sergiev Posad on which the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius is built.